Your beauty shines like a bright rose petal;
Each glance, my soul is ever more enthralled;
Too much of a coward, I lack mettle,
So I admire you across this wall:
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So close to me, yet there is a divide;
Oh, Why did I have to show up too late?
Now in your eyes, my feelings I must hide;
I shouldn't, but will I forever wait?
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If you were not in another's garden,
Then I would pick you, out of all flowers;
Lacking thorns, unique among all women,
No wonder o'er me you have such powers:
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Perhaps it is better late than never,
For my sake, don't make me wait forever.
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Shackled Sonnets: A Collection of Poems
PoetryA collection of sonnets about that which I shall never have. A girl I love, but she loves another. I have only recently been reading and writing poetry because of her, so hopefully, my writing will get better as time goes on. Check back for a new so...
